[mythtv-users] a7n8x -- lockup after 30 minutes recording]

[Chris Delis]

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Torsten Schenkel wrote:

> On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 15:28, H Brett Bolen wrote:
> > using nforce2 asus a7n8x deluxe mobo with amd2800 ( not
> 
> > Lockup is computer freeze -- no keyboard, no pings, etc. A reboot
> > is necessary to get it running again.
> 
> Has nothing to do with myth. The nForce2 bug is well documented on the
> net and the kernel lists. There are lots of NF2s out there that work out
> of the box. But at least as many that don't. NVidia doesn't seem to take
> revision numbering very seriously :-)
> 
> Your board will freeze as well when you transfer lots of data at full
> speed over ethernet or from disk to disk.
> 
> Disable Local APIC in the kernel and your troubles will vanish.

Great suggestion.  I forgot that this is what I had to do in order to get a
much more stable system.  So, I am not one of those "lucky" NF2 owners that
had it "work out of the box" either!

> 
> Torsten
> -- 
> Config files for pvr350 tv-out and framebuffer:
> http://www-isl.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de/~hi93/ivtv-pvr-350-conf.tgz
> 
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